Worship Tip and Rewind: October 25, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

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Topics in this week's worship tip & rewind:

• boundaries (maintain healthy ones to be in it for the long haul)
  
• Country Music weekend, yeeeeeeeehaaaa
  
• how God has blessed TBC with musicians (so many and so varied and so skilled)
• 3rd hour botch (but the band didn't flinch)
  

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Set List:

• Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee - Beethoven (arr. Gill, Hobbs, Bannister)
  
• I'll Fly Away - (arr. Jones)
  
• Just a Little Talk with Jesus (arr. Jones)
  
• Anywhere With Jesus - Towner (arr. Gill, Hobbs, Bannister)
• You Are My King - Foote (arr. Robinson)
  

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Worship Tip and Rewind: October 18, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

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Topics in this week's worship tip & rewind:

• take your musicians/techs to lunch (relationships are more important than music)
  
• final song was not planned (This World Is Not My Home)

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Set List:

• Psalm 145 (The Message Remix: Scripture Reading)
  
• Rising > Baloche, Redman
  
• Sing To The King > Foote, Home
• Praise to the Lord the Almighty > Gesangbuch (Cottrell arrangement)
  
• Ancient Words > DeShazo
• This World Is Not My Home > The text and the tune (I'm Just a Passing Through) are both of unknown origin. Sometimes they are attributed to Albert Edward Brumley (1905-1977).

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TBC Worship Rewind: September 13, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

REWIND:
If you missed this past weekend at Topeka Bible Church, then you missed a hilarious drama written by our own Steve Larson. What a great way to kick off Jim's sermon series on MythBusters. If you missed it, you'll have to watch the video.

The "Vocal Team" led worship this past weekend at Topeka Bible Church. I absolutely LOVE these weekends when every TBC vocalist leads. Having 50 singers on stage belting out harmony on the chorus begs me to sing. If you missed it, you'll have to wait until October 8th to see them again.

Most churches would call this group their "choir" - but I don't. Why don't I? It's because of the stereotype church choirs have these days. Believe me, this is not a stogy group of people. They are full of life, sing with gusto, and sound like a modern worship choir. They are THE vocal team at Topeka Bible Church. In fact, it's the ONLY vocal team at Topeka Bible Church. All singers are selected based off their participation in this group.

My favorite part of the morning was the 4th row back who LED ME IN WORSHIP. You know who I'm talking about...that row of four African Americans put me to shame as they led me. If you guys are reading this, you know who I'm talking about. Love it! If you do that again, I'm laying my guitar down and coming out into your row.

We sang a new song (for us) called "From the Inside Out." This song has been around since 2005 and very popular among other places of worship. I had a new vocalist in the Vocal Team suggest the song - so I put it on my iTune "Suggested Song" playlist. After listening to it, the words really impacted me. Remember, the most important part of any new worship song is the WORDS. Check them out.

"From The Inside Out"

Verse 1
A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never-ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Chorus 1
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never-ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

Verse 2
Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never-ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Misc 1
(PRE-CHORUS)
In my heart in my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

CCLI Song No. 4705176
© 2005 Hillsong Publishing (Admin. in U.S. & Canada by Integrity's Hosanna! Music)
Joel Houston
For use solely with the SongSelect Terms of Use. All rights Reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License No. 21985

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SET LIST:

• Sweeter > Houghton, Houghton, Ratcliff
• You are Good > Houghton
• From The Inside Out > Houston
• Mighty to Save > Feilding, Morgan
• The Solid Rock > Bradbury

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TBC Worship Rewind: August 16, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

Rewind:
Our add-on instrument in the Main Auditorium (MA) this week was an Accordion [and piped down to our synchronized location in the Lower Auditorium (LA)]. Now, don't think that accordion music is strictly for German polka worship. Emmi did a tasty job of playing with the rhythm section. It was also nice for me to hand up the guitar and play B3/keyboards for this week. Finally, the song "Hungry" is new for Topeka Bible Church. While the song is 10 years old and some of it's popularity has faded since the Passion movement, the song is new in our eyes. If you think hymns or other songs that are years old are out-dated, think again. Many older songs resonate with today...sometimes the style of music simply needs a little updating. And sometimes, they are fine all by themselves.

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Set List:

• Beautiful One>Jeremy Camp
• As the Deer (funky version)>Paul Oakley / The Maranatha! Singers
• Better Is One Day>Elroy Mihailov
• Hungry (Falling on My Knees)>Kathryn Scott
• Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)>Chris Tomlin
  

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TBC Worship Rewind: August 9, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

Rewind:
This was a fairly "normal" week for us. It's nice to have a "coast" week where we can re-group and launch some creativity in the future.

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Set List:

• All for the Glory of You>Mark Harris
• Take My Life>Chris Tomlin & Louie Giglio
  
• Hungry (Falling on My Knees)>Kathryn Scott
• The Power of the Cross>Keith & Kristyn Getty
• Indescribable>Chris Tomlin
  

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TBC Worship Rewind: July 26, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

Rewind:
Tried something a little radical this week - the weaving together of several songs (read medley). I know, sounds weird on paper, but it works. But what did you think?

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Set List:

• New Doxology>Gateway Worship with Baba O'Riley>The Who
  
• The Power of the Cross>Keith & Kristyn Getty
• Medley: Your Grace Is Enough>Chris Tomlin with Victory in Jesus>Public Domain with Carry On Wayward Son>Kansas
  
• Mighty to Save>Hillsong

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TBC Worship Rewind: July 19, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

Rewind:
This week I was at NAMM with Kerry Livgren and John Bowes. Thank God for the others who lead worship when I'm out for a weekend.

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Set List:

• Praise to the Lord, the Almighty>Word Music
• O Worship The King>Passion
• Oh the Deep, Deep Love>Sovereign Grace Music
• Jesus Messiah>Chris Tomlin
• Friend of God>Chris Tomlin

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TBC Worship Rewind: July 12, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

Rewind:
Leading worship from the piano is different for me than guitar. 1. One can control transitions in and out of songs more easily. 2. One has less interaction with those who've come to worship. 3. One has less opportunity to give non-verbal communication to the rest of the band.

At rehearsal, we had serious click/loop/sheet music/display lyric sync problems. Thankfully, on the weekend - it was all ironed out. Thanks to Jim Welborn on lyrics for keeping a cool profile and having a great attitude.

Our Aviom IEM (in-ear-monitor system) setup is having some issues. I learned this weekend that our A-Net mixer lost a channel. I mean, it's gone. We had to re-route the stereo keyboard and B3 organ setup to different channels and avoid the dead channel 7.

Musically, it was great to have a week that I didn't worry about anything. That tells me we don't need to work on the music end - we need to work on ironing our sync and audio issues.

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Set List:

• Say So>Israel & New Breed
• Great Is Thy Faithfulness>Word Music (nice arrangement in 4/4 time)
  
• Oh the Deep, Deep Love>Sovereign Grace Music (great new song)
  
• Revelation Song>Kari Jobe
  
• Hosanna>Paul Baloche

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TBC Worship Rewind: July 5, 2009 #sundaysetlist #sundaysetlists

Rewind:
It was nice to have our newest Acoustic Guitar player (Armand Heyns) play Mandolin for several of the songs. Thanks to my Line 6 Variax guitar and PODxt Live to be able to switch to acoustic when the mandolin was up to bat. I learned yesterday that the click/met track should NOT have any slow-ups/ritards at the end of the songs so that the Main Auditorium (MA) and Lower Auditorium (LA) bands can simply end them un-synchronized...then start the next song by itself. It was also nice in the Main Auditorium (MA) to have the Blasi trio lead on vocals so I could lead the band and enjoy the Electric Guitar role without leading. One of the things I dislike about the whole synchronized Main Auditorium (MA) and Lower Auditorium (LA) is the fact that I don't really know how things are going downstairs. I'm relying on secondhand information. Thankfully, we have capable musicians in both places - so I'm not worried too much about it.

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Set List:

• Mighty to Save>Hillsong
• You Shine>Brian Doerksen
• Oh the Deep, Deep Love>Sovereign Grace Music
• Your Name>Paul Baloche
• The Old Rugged Cross>Brad Paisley
• Holy is the Lord >Chris Tomlin
  

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